Lower production of IL-17A and increased susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis in mice coinfected with Strongyloides venezuelensis

Lower production of IL-17A and increased susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis in mice coinfected with Strongyloides venezuelensis

The presence of intestinal helminths can down-regulate the immune response required to control mycobacterial infection. BALB/c mice infected with Mycobacterium bovis following an infection with the intestinal helminth Strongyloides venezuelensis showed reduced interleukin-17A production by lung cell...

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Main Authors: Alyria Teixeira Dias, Sandra Bertelli Ribeiro de Castro, Caio César Souza Alves, Alice Belleigoli Rezende, Michele Fernandes Rodrigues, Rachel Rocha Pinheiro Machado, Adriana Fernandes, Deborah Negrão-Corrêa, Henrique Couto Teixeira, Ana Paula Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
M. bovis
S. venezuelensis
coinfection
IL-17
CTLA-4
- tuberculosis
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